Texas lawmakers push to ban DEI offices in higher education.

The Texas House passed a bill aimed at banning diversity, equity and inclusion offices in public colleges and universities, which Black leaders say will halt progress and stifle future research funding. The legislation would take away resources from students and potentially put billions of dollars in grant/research funding in jeopardy. The bill would ban public colleges and universities in Texas from having DEI offices, DEI statements and prohibit them from implementing mandatory DEI training. The bill's author, Sen. Brandon Creighton, has described DEI offices as "divisive" and said their work has made no progress on advancing or increasing diversity.